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The First Minister promised action, not warm words, the Budget delivered neither.
20 December 2023
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of a buzzword over the last year, with commitments in last year’s budget, the Scottish Government’s policy,economically active, work with 1.2 million volunteers, and undertake vital environmental and medical research,Read our Budget response here and our briefing here.
As the real Living Wage rate increases, how can the sector be supported to pay staff fairly?
1 November 2023
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Shockingly, recent research by CCPS reveals a 20% pay gap between NHS support workers and voluntary sector,organisations and organisations in the sector excel on many Fair Work aspects, as shown in the recent research
We can’t challenge poverty without Fair Funding for the voluntary sector
10 October 2023
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was pleased to be able to speak on SCVO’s Fair Funding calls at the beginning of Monday’s breakfast briefing,has not just vocally supported our Fair Funding calls but has incorporated them within their chosen policy
SCVO's policy and influencing progress in 2023
7 July 2023
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SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall ,Alongside these issues, we've had to respond to various regulatory policies; the Charities Bill and proposals,We have briefed the Scottish Parliament and worked closely with the government, OSCR, the Law Society,We've organised webinars, workshops, and meetings to develop alternative policy proposals to enhance,Finally, we've held a number of events with SCVO's Policy Network, including with the Scotland Office
https://scvo.scot/p/60640/2023/07/07/scvos-policy-and-influencing-progress-in-2023
SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making (Finance & Public Administration Committee)
16 February 2023
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Supporting collaboration between the third and public sectors: evidence review: The research review conducted,As pointed out in the Supporting Collaboration evidence review: ‘The research suggests that inadequate,On many occasions, it is unclear whether a contribution to policy development in the form of a policy,development around a particular policy area.,policy teams.
Voluntary sector resilience in the wake of Covid-19
1 December 2021
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SCVO briefing to the Scottish Parliament's Social Justice and Social Security Committee ahead of appearing,the pandemic to help us do better and go further than before, from the sector's involvement in public policy,Yet, details on how they will interact with Scottish policies and implications for voluntary organisations,What we have covered in this briefing is not an exhaustive list of all the forces at play on the voluntary,Contact Paul Bradley Policy & Public Affairs Manager paul.bradley@scvo.scot About SCVO The Scottish Council
https://scvo.scot/p/47280/2021/12/01/voluntary-sector-resilience-in-the-wake-of-covid-19
Why the voluntary sector is a key asset in our communities
tackling digital exclusion Provides social care and housing Undertakes vital medical and environmental research,s book, Charities, Scotland & Holyrood: Twenty Years Delivering Change or the many voluntary sector policy,The policy team at SCVO have been working with the TSI Scotland Network to develop an introduction to,be hosting a joint event at Scottish Parliament where we will share this document with MSPs, party researchers
https://scvo.scot/p/49311/2022/03/15/why-the-voluntary-sector-is-a-key-asset-in-our-communities
Spring Statement lifeline for voluntary organisations, but will it be enough?
20 March 2023
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Read our Spring Statement response.Read the Spring Statement Briefing from SCVO and Volunteer Scotland
Health and Sport Committee call for evidence: Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland bill
2 August 2013
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One of the key policy intentions behind the Bill is improved quality of services – yet this is missing,Successful implementation of the policy intentions behind this Bill can be facilitated by ensuring that,SCVO and CCPS research to examine these will be published soon and some early findings highlight that,procurement exercises for short term contracts is one specific challenge highlighted by our members in the research,/briefings-and-consultation-responses/response-self-directed-support-regulations-consultation/ [3] http
Regulations and Statutory Guidance to accompany the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013
10 July 2013
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Lastly we highlight the opportunities arising from the current legislative and policy context to take,The notion of services being ‘done to’ people is also picked up by this research[viii].,We need to tackle compartmentalisation of policies, legislation and funding as outlined above.,[ii] http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0038/00388624.pdf [iii] As above [iv] http://www.scvo.scot/policy,/briefings-and-consultation-responses/response-procurement-reform-bill/ [v] http://www.communitycareassynt.org.uk